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,i iiltttti-A .51312 Letters Patent No. 103,203, dated May 17, 1870.

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tMPRovEMENT INcLon-rrzvNnnRs YAND PULvERIzrNG ATTAGMENT ron' sHovEL PLows.

The Schedule referred to .in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. I

Y -4 l l 1, EDWARD LANXAY, of Mowrytown, Highland hladed as I, or double-bladed as J, one knife to each y county, Ohio, haveinventedauewand usefulClod-fendshovel. f .l ing and Pniverizing Attachment for`Shn`ve-l- Plows, of i The pointsof these knives enter sockets or aperwhich the following is a specitieationl i tures, c, ill the shovels, and their shauks are bolted to Nature and Olgicts of the Invention,

l 'My invention relates tod'eviees tobe attached Loan ordinary singleor `double-shogetph')w, orto a cultivator, whereby the 'groinnthegomes etfeetually pulverized, and whereby the eorn oother growing erop isM single blade, as in iig. (i, or with a double blade, as in Iprotected from the contact of clods, rocks, andnother iig: 5, or, wherea Still more etfeetive eonnninution of indurated masses. v the. ground is desired, each shovel maybe armed with i an upward and forward direction, in such a manner rather than an obtuse angle.

Figure 1 is a. side elevation of a double-shovel 4lins L hold the fender D andthe knife II to their plow furnished with my elod-fending and pnlverizing proper angplar posit-ion. A

the beam. These knives project from the shovelsin as to forni, with the surface of the shovels, an acute In this way each shovel may be furnished with n both a single'and a donble-bladed knife, giving three attachments. 0 t.

Figure 2 is a top-view of the same. NNUU@ Figures 3 and 4 are enlarged perspective views` of' The plow heilig drawn along the ground contiguous my fender as viewed from the front and from tlie rear to a, rowof growing corn, in the usual way, the elods respectively. and other hard and bulky masses are, by the fenders,

`Figures 5, V(, and Trepresent a shovel provided with preventedti-om fallingnpou theplants, while at the same my pnlverizing attachments-f r vtime the curved under edge of the fender permits the F, to that side of the l'ilowwhieh is` nearest to the as seen in tig. 2, eases the escape of clods rearward as growing erop Y the plow Apasses on, and the vertical adjustability of ezoidal shape, with convex upper and under edges, a very young erop, and at a greater elevation for one and an inwardly projecting ange, G G', ti'omthe npof larger growth. per anda portion of the rear edge. l. f .i A series of bolt-holes, fr, in the arm E, permits the' (/lmms' fender to be adjusted up 0r down. l claim herein as new and of my invention- The shape of the arm E is such aste cause the for 1. The tlanged and adjustablel elod-fender' D G G', ward end of the fender to appro-.tch 'nearer the center formed and adaptedtooperate substantiallyassetfbrth. line of the plow than does the rear end. 2. VThe provision of the adjustable knives I-I h at A r Secured, either obliquely forward or baekwa.rd, to the front lower angle of the fender, as set forth.

' the foremost lower corner of the fender is aknife, H, 3. The knives I or J J, whether single or doubleto be set up or down, as may be desired. l arranged and adapted tov operate in the manner Aext v,lhe knife H, being sharpened at both ends and both plained. i. edges, can he used in' four di'erent positions, with as In testimony of' which invention I hereunto set my many distinct cutting-edges, so that, as one edge wears, hand.

` another and fresh edge can be made to take its place. EDWARD LANNAY. ltr-order to thoroughly pulverize the clods, and to Witnesses: v j

sever refractory or indurated masses of sod and other GEO. H.' KNIGHT,

obstructions, I provide n knife, which may be sngle- W. MCKNIGHT.

Arepresentsthebeam.. Y more friable and finely-Comminuted portions to escape B the sheaths or standards, and under the front and rear edges of the fender toward C C' theshares or shovelsof. a eonnnon doublethe plants. At the same time the 11p-curved top of shovel plow. the fender, and the ange G' at its end, prevent the My clod-fender consists of a plate. or board, D, escape of elods or trash over or behind the fender.

which is attached by` means of an arm, E, and bolts, The fe'ndets front end being set somewhat inward,

. This plate has the represented approximately Vtrapthe fender enables it to be set;v near to the ground for which knife has av series'of bolt-holes, n, to enable it bladed, projecting in au upward and forward direction, 

